Ellen Feingold is the curator of the National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. She received her DPhil in History and MSc in Economic and Social History from the University of Oxford.  Her research interests include the history of money and monetary objects, counterfeiting and forgery, and legal institutions and the administration of justice in sub-Saharan Africa. Dr. Feingold is the author of Colonial Justice and Decolonization in the High Court of Tanzania, 1920-1971 (2018) and The Value of Money (2015), as well as the curator of the exhibit of the same name at the National Museum of American History. Her recent work has appeared in the Journal of West African History, Economic History of Developing Regions, Politico Magazine, and the Huffington Post. Dr. Feingold welcomes inquiries from students related to her research areas as well as those interested in curatorial practices and career paths.